Suspender-buckle.



No. 666,770. Patented lan. 29, |901.

A. R. MILLER.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

{Application led Oct. 12, 1900.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNrTnD STATES ATENT rrrcn.

ASBURY R. MILLER, OF LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLYANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOHARRY H. WILSON, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 666,770, dated January29, 1901.

Application filedrOctober 12, 1900. Serial No. 32,864. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ASBURY R. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lock Haven, in the county of Clinton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Suspender-Buckle, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates toa novel suspenderbuckle and to the novel mannerof mounting 1o the same upon the web, the object being to produce abuckle of simple and inexpensive construction which may be operated bythe manipulation of the web alone and which will present no metalsurface to the garmentover I5 which the suspender is worn, to the endthat the soiling of the garment by contact with the buckle will beprevented and the possibility of the tarnishing or rusting of the latterthrough the action of perspiration will be enzo tirely precluded.

To the accomplishment of this object and others subordinate thereto, asWill hereinafter more fully appear, the invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement to be described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, Figurel is a perspective View of a suspender equipped with my buckle. Fig. 2is a side elevation of one of the end loops of the suspender, showingthe application of the buckle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of thesubject-matter of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar View with the parts of thebuckle positioned to permit the Web to slide freely therethrough for thepurpose of effecting the adjustment of the end loop. Fig. 5 is aperspective View of the buckle detached, and Fig. 6 is a detached Viewof the buckle with its members disorganized.

Referring to the numerals of reference employed to designatecorresponding parts throughout the views, l and 2 indicate the webs ofthe suspender, 3 the end loops, and 4 the suspending-buckles sustainingthe tab members 5.

So far as the present invention is concerned the suspending-buckles maybe of any form;

but I have illustrated a type of buckle which has been made thesubject-matter of my concurrent application, Serial No. 32,865. 5o

The ends of the webs-are turned back to form thev loops 3 and are adjustably secured against the rear side or back of the web by means of anovel buckle, which constitutes an embodiment of the present invention.This buckle comprehends two cooperating members, one of which I shalldesignate as the front plate 6 and the other as the clamping-lever 7.The plate 6 is stam ped or otherwise formed from sheet metal and isprovided 6o at its opposite ends with integral bearing-ears 8 ofsomewhat more than semicircular form and bent into parallel relation, asshown. The plate proper is bent to impart a transverse curvature orconveXity thereto, and those portions of its opposite sides which extendbeyond the juncture of the plate and bearing-ears are bent down upon theedges of the latter and may be attached thereto, as bysolderingorotherwise. Ordinarily, however, 7o such attachment is notnecessary,and, in fact, may be undesirable in View of the fact that theside edges 9 and l0 of the plate 6 constitute bearing-points opposed tothe Web of the Suspenders in a manner to be described, and

it may therefore be advantageous to permit them to have slight springaction. The bearing-ears 3 are designed for the retention of a pivot-bar1l having its opposite ends secured in the ears and located in ahorizontal plane 8o slightly above the horizontal center of the plateo'. The bar ll is designed to constitute a pivotal mounting for theclamping lever or plate 7, which is provided with end flanges l2,disposed in parallel relation and extending across the end edges of theplate, at the upper edge of which they are extended to form bearingears13, pierced by the pivot-rod ll.

In the normal position of the device the flanges l2 and ears 13 of theclamping mem- 9o ber extend rearwardly, and from the upper edge of saidmember are bent a series of teeth 14;, which, it will be noted, arenormally located in a horizontal plane above the pivot- 3, and 4 of thedrawings the manner of its` mounting or application will be readilyobserved. The web of the suspender Vis iirst;

passed between the plate 6 and the clamping member, which latter, inorder that this may be donc, is thrown `to the open posi-,tion iljlusitrated in Fig. 4, the teeth 14 being thus removed from interference withthe web as it is thus drawn through. The extremity ot the web is nowturned back to form the loop 3, whose rear side portion 16 is passedbehind the pivot-bar 11, and it is then passed through the slot 15 inthe clamping plate or lever and is permanently attached to the sideportion 16 of the end loop 3 at a point below the edge of the clampingmember. It will now appear that strains in opposite directions upon theweb at a point above the buckle and upon the end loop 3 at a pointtherebelow-such strains, for instance, as are normally produced inuse-will cause the teeth 14, engaging the web, to be swung upwardly andinto the concavity of the plate 6 until further movement of theclamping-member is prevented by the front portion of the end loop. Thisposition of the parts is shown in Fig. 3, and it will be noted that theweb is retained between three bearing-points which are disalined-to wit,the upper and lower side edges 9 and l0 of the front plate 6 and theintermediate teeth 14 of the clamping member. I-f now it is desired toadjust the end loop, i-t is simply necessary to spread the latterlslightly for the lpurpose of swinging the lower end of the clampingmember rearwardly a sufcient distance to withdraw the teeth 14 out ofengagement with the web, which latter may then be drawn freely throughthe buckle and thereafter automatically gripped as soon as the device issubjected to the normal strains to which reference has been made.

Inasmuch as both this buckle and that disclosed in my concurrentapplication 'before mentioned have been designed with special referenceto the protection of their metal parts, it will be observed that byreason of the peculiar manner of attaching the web to the buckle noportion of the latter will be permitted to come into contact with theshirt or other garment over which the Suspenders are worn, and, further,that by reason of the curvature of the plate 6 the latter will notpresent any abrupt edges upon which any portion of the garments of the-wearer might be caught.

While the present embodiment of- `my invention appears at this time tobe preferable, I do not limit myself to the precise construction hereindened, as it is obvious that many changes, modifications,- andvariations in matters of both form and arrangement might be effectedwithout departing from the spirit .of the invention.

What I claim is- 1. A garment-suspender provided with a loop and anadjusting-buckle composed of a front plate slidab'le upon lthesuspender, and a clamping-lever having pivotal connection with the plateand covered by the rear side of the loop to prevent contact of thebuckle with a garment over which the suspender is worn.

2. A garmentsuspender provided with a loop and an adjusting-bucklecomposed of a front plate and a clamping-lever, the rear face of saidclamping vmember beingentirely covered by the rear side of thesuspender-loop, and said lever being provided with a projection incooperative relation to the front plate of the buckle to clamp the ywebof the suspender and thereby retain the loop in its adjusted position.

3. A vgarment-suspender provided with a loop and an adjusting-buckle.composed of a front .plate and a .clamping-lever, saidlever being mounted upon a pivot-bar and provided with a transverseslot, the .extremity of the rear side of the suspender-loop beingcarried around the pivot-bar, through theslot in the lever and securedto vform a terminal loopcovering and protecting the rear face of thebuckle .to prevent kcontact of the latter with the garment-.over whichthe suspender is worn.

4. A garment-suspender provided with a.

loop and an adj listing-buckle .composed of a front plate havin gratransverse curvature and provided with terminal bearing-ears, and aclamping-lever pivoted between said ears, said clamping-lever being of.plate form and provided atene edge with projections and also providedwith an ,elongated slot, the rear side of the. suspender-loop beingextended to completely y.cover the rear side of .the clamping member and:looped through the slot of said member to-facilitate the manipulationot' the buckle thro ugh the medium Vof the suspender.

5. A garment-suspender provided with a loo-p and an `adjusting-bucklecomposed of a front plate having a transverse curvature and terminalbearing-ears, a pivot-bar extending between said ears, and aclamping-lever having the form of a slotted plate provided along onelongitudinal edge with engaging teeth and formed at .its .end edges withflanges Vextended to lform bearing-ears pierced by the pivot-bar, therear side of the suspender-loop being provided with a terminalprojecting loop inclosing the pivot-bar and a portion of the lever,whereby the rear side of the suspender--loop constitutes a rcovering forthe rear side of the buckle to prevent contact .of the latter with thegarment over which the suspender is worn.

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In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixedmy signature in ro the presence of tWo Witnesses.

A. R. MILLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERS, EDWIN E. VRooMAN.

